Isn't life just a series of graduating from here to there? Grandson Keller graduated today from the lawnmowing tractor to a big one John Deere Diesel One hundred horses! Big scoop on the front that can lift and push Twist goes the key to start and a soft and low roar commences down goes [...]
It came out again at the annual holiday party “Parkland is really a family” said a long time Parkland person. I looked around the room seeing folks engaged with one another smiles, laughter, concern hand shakes and hugs and men a few kisses on cheeks respecting one another enjoying being with one another The [...]
Will we remember the world at war Army's marching aiming, shooting shells exploding cities smashed families dreams as well What we won can be measured Freedom, from tyranny cruel insanity a madman was in charge madmen came to help him evil was set free people died in ovens in concentration camps Jewish men in [...]
Soggy leaves, from a gentle night time rain Soggy soil, luxuriously black and rich Fields of cornstalks, nipped and low from roaring machines that stole their fruit All warmed by a bright fall sun My toes are cold is winter creeping, sneaking, behind some dark barked tree? The birds are flocking geese doing check [...]
The earth is a quirky place sometimes hot, sometimes cold the winds blow hard or gentle the sun beats down, or warms the soul the rains come..., or not... A springtime day a touch of frost when planting should be rolling seeds stay warm, but in the bag and in the shed, cozy The farmer [...]
The saying used to be and was a valid thought 'Corn knee high by the 4th of July!" Well, a new target has appeared: "Chest high by 4th of July!" And 'we' do it! Better understanding of the soil (never say 'dirt') and adding plant food and genetics and planting machinery We carefully tune ourselves [...]
Summer's breezes lapping leaves of richest green Sunshine drenching eager plants Prairie moments captured, precious like all of nature fascinating! So complex! so intriguing microscopic to thousand acres little snippits of grand designing seen scantly thru a mirror dimly then gone then cascading more tree branches waving 'Morning!" flowers nodding calling "See me!" Robins, finches [...]
Yup! It's true! If the weather is just right and the corn has great genes and the soils are supersized (black) sometimes the corn looks black! Today is one of those days! Heavy cumulous clouds are rolling past and the corn is over the top, growing so fast, it's just amaizing! Dark, dark green, ever [...]
It begins in earlier generations who till the soil, plant the crops, and tend Each part becomes a symphony maybe it's in our genes? First came the hunters and then, giant step for mankind, farmers the world would never be the same food, sustenance, year round A thousand generations later a few feed themselves and, [...]
I lay abed one morning wife snuggled at my side thinking about her world Indeed I am surrounded Each room in our house, is her expression in fact In shape, in color, in texture, her art, laid out for all to drink Take the laundry, sewing room, where she cuts and sews and fashions curtains, [...]